Possibilities and Paradox

Extensively classroom-tested, this text provides an accessible and carefully structured introduction to modal and many-valued logic. The authors cover the basic formal frameworks, as well as considering a variety of philosophical issues surrounding 'possibilities and paradox'. In order to aid understanding, each chapter provides the following features: exercises to give students hands-on experience, examples to demonstrate the application of concepts and a list of further readings.

ISBN 0199259879   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780199259878 (What's this?)   Pages 250 Publisher Oxford University Press   Volumes 1 Imprint Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 374 Format Paperback   Published in Oxford Publication date 27 Feb 2003   Height (mm) 234 Non-book description book   Width (mm) 156 Library of Congress BC71   Spine width (mm) 14 DEWEY 160   Academic level Tertiary education

I		Preliminaries		1
1		Philosophical Motives		3
2		Set-Theoretic Tools		11
3		Languages and Logics		23
4		Tableaux		35
II		Possibilities		49
5		Normal Modal Logics		51
6		Variations on a Theme		85
III		Paradox		103
7		Around Truth and Falsity		105
8		Gaps, Gluts, and Liars		119
9		Heaps, Supertruth, and the Continuum		131
IV		Metatheory		147
10		Further Tools		149
11		Logical Systems and Completeness		159
12		Meta-Theorems for Non-Classical Logics		187
		Bibliography		225
		Index		231

'A clear, self-contained, unified introduction to a variety of extensions and alternatives to classical logic. Philosophically engaging and technically accomplished, it will serve as an excellent textbook for beginners as well as a valuable reference for advanced students and researchers.' Achille Varzi, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University 'An exciting new logic text that investigates non-classical propositional logics in an unusual way ... Propositional model, intuitionistic, multivalued, relevance and conditional logics are developed in detail. This book should be invaluable to any member of the profession interested in these topics at any level.' Edmund L. Gettier, Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts 'A well-organised introduction to the variety of logics extending or departing from classical propositional logic that have been of interest to logically-minded philosophers and philosophically-minded logicians ... This is an extremely useful book ... It is written in a concise yet highly accessible style, which provides a clear and well-motivated treatment of an impressively wide range of material.' Michael Glanzberg, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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